TripAdvisor Reviews Hotel Kaito Takashima

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... This was primarily to rest our weary feet but the view was very pretty too. The temple was a series of interconnected rooms, complete with tatami mats and painted walls. After recovering, we walked around it, before collecting our shoes and heading into the gardens. As was becoming standard with the temple gardens, the moss, ponds, shrines, carp, hillside walk, granite, ambience and slowly winding paths were very peaceful and lovely.

On this day we awoke in Kyoto with plans to see the city and perhaps go for a sail on Lake Biwa. Unfortunately the WindGuru forecast for Lake Biwa was still looking awful (for kiteboarding - only about 3 knots of wind) and the trend seemed to be in place for the duration of our planned stay here. Oh well, lack of wind is a bummer for wind sports but it is kind of nice for biking. After a nice free breakfast at our very inexpensive hotel we decided to take the train in ...

... to Kyoto, our home for the next two nights. Our hotel was nice, we enjoyed exploring the room and found the freebies. We certainly had an upgrade on the toilet shoes and David enjoyed spraying himself, clothes and bags with the free fabric freshener. Our clothes certainly needed a pick me up, I miss perfume. In the lift we saw an advertisement for a buffet £7 with soft drinks. It was really good, salad, soups, curries, meat, noodles, rice, ice cream. We had a ...

... streets, to explore the old neighbourhood. They were named this to represent the imperial year that they were built. It sounds far more fancy in Japanese- Ninen-zaka and Sannen-zaka. It appears today is fire prevention day. Being composed of traditional wooden houses and small narrow lanes I would think it quite difficult that the fire department can get in here quickly if there is a fire. So having the locals learn how to turn on ...

... time and were the last ones to leave the restaurant, after the appropriate bowing, of course. Back at the ryokan, we put on our yukatas and to the baths. This time, since there was nobody around, we cheated a bit and we all wore our swimsuits as well. It was fun to do this together at night and then, relaxed, back to the futons for a nice rest, not until Ariana pinches me on the side and can’t stop laughing!